How are the % ratings of featured Instructables changed?
I have a 31% featured rating. I have been working very hard on my published Instructables so my featured rating will raise. I published an Instructables that I worked several days on and it did not get featured. I was a little surprised because I know the content is good. My question is this: Is there a way to unpublish it and re-work it and re-publish it and see if it gets featured then? If I can't do that, how much will it change my featured rating if I delete the entire Instructable and start from scratch? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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If you delete and republish, the denominator remains constant, while the numerator drops by one. Hence, the percentage will drop.
If the repub gets featured again (which assumes we don't notice that it's just a duplicate and ignore it), then the numerator would
It's not important, but if it really bothers you then delete everything you've done that isn't featured. Except the competition entries, which you can't.
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about it today. I have come a long way. At least I am past kindergarten. Have a nice day!
Have a nice day - you're right there, paying too much attention to statistics doesn't usually make for a nice day - I wish you peace and happiness.
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You were trying to present a serious, useful project in a comedic style throughout, something that is very hard to do.
Kelseymh already mentioned the title (something I hadn't thought of), but maybe, in another life, you would make the first step humorous, and then present the preparation steps in a more "straight" style, switching back to humour for the actual meal in the last step?
(I ought to say, as well, that one of the things I find hard when helping authors in advance of publication is to give advice on wording and presentation without completely overpowering the author's own "voice". If an author rewrote everything the way I would have written it, then it stops being the author's own work, and becomes the author's attempt to post like me, which is good for neither of us.)
I hope I did not come across as complaining because that really is not what my intentions were. In the past I have had a few instructables that I thought were well written with a good theme. I deleted a lot thinking I would search, find more interesting subjects and write something on them.
I understand I am not going to get featured on every entry. What has been frustrating is not knowing exactly what I might be repeating throughout my Instructables and that might be the reason they do not get featured.
Input from people like you is very valuable to those who do not know much about Instructables. I have been searching for my answers for a long time trying to find out everything I can so I can offer the community Instructables worth viewing and help others as well. Maybe my percentage is good. I appreciate your comment and will continue to try and find interesting things to share.
Whenever you have an idea, write it in a dedicated notebook or start an Instructable. You don't have to publish it immediately, but having the idea written down makes it much more likely that you will follow through.
Having said that, whilst I have published 118 various projects, I currently have 114 unpublished Instructables, of which probably only a dozen will see the light of day in the foreseeable future.
Haha, we're alike in some ways!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Chicken-Bones-Royal-Cuisine-And-Day-Spa/.
Do you think I should delete this one and start over or is the content OK? Or is the subject just not any good?
The trouble with that, of course, is that by the time you decided to change it, it had already migrated off the "recent I'bles" page, so was less noticeable.
You might consider posting this to The Clinic, and see what sort of feedback/suggestions you get.
There's necessarily an element of subjectivity involved -- does a member of the Community Team notice your I'ble? Do they think it's something the "world" would be interested in? The guidelines I mentioned are more for the purpose of, "if you don't do this, we are not going to feature," rather than, "here's how to get featured."
I do have to say, though, that getting 1/3 of your I'bles featured is an awfully good percentage (you're batting 0.300, after all!). There are plenty of users out there with dozens of I'bles, none of which have ever been featured.
I appreciate your comment. I hope that I did not come across as winning because that really was not my intention. I have read and re-read the guidlines. Maybe 1/3 is not that bad. I was thinking maybe I was writing something in my Instructables that is too wordy and not to the point or simply not explaining myself well enough. I did not want to continue writing poor Instructables if that is what the problem was. I just strive to do better. I had a higher rating a few months ago at almost 50% and I was striving to do better even then. I guess after reading your comment I am pretty happy with 1/3. I am trying to be knowledgeable enough with Instructables to be a help in the community. Knowledge is power! I love this community and have enjoyed being part of it and I do want to contribute even if it is just in a small way. I wish to thank you again for taking the time to write a comment. I hope you have a great day and thanks again!